Margaret Adger Fulton Walker

Published: Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 8:05 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 8:05 a.m.

MOUNT OLIVE, NC-- Margaret Adger Fulton Walker, 88, died at her home at 208 Crest Drive on Thursday, October 4, 2012. She was born January 18, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, where her parents C. Darby Fulton and Nannie Ravenel Fulton were visiting relatives while on furlough from mission service in Japan. Her grandparents were Henry Edmund and Agnes Adger Ravenel of Charleston and Spartanburg, SC, and Samuel Peter and Rachel Peck Fulton of South Carolina, Virginia, and Kobe, Japan.

A memorial service will be conducted by her minister, Steven Wicks, at Mount Olive Presbyterian Church on Thursday, October 11 at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the church fellowship hall after the service or at the home at other times. Interment will be at the Memorial Garden in Montreat, NC at a later date.

She is survived by her husband of fifty-nine years, John Neal Walker; her two daughters, Ann Fulton Walker of Winston-Salem, NC, and Lea Ravenel Walker of Raleigh, NC; her grandsons, Dalton Prioleau Marshall and Stuart Haizlip Marshall of Raleigh; her brother-in-law, William Bason Walker of Raleigh; her sister-in-law, Joan Ellis Fulton of Cincinnati, OH; a niece, three nephews, and many beloved cousins. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Neal Walker; and her two brothers, Charles Darby Fulton, Jr. and Samuel Ravenel Fulton.

After her parents' return to the States in 1926, Margaret grew up in Nashville, TN, attending West End High School and the Downtown Presbyterian Church. She graduated in 1945 from Converse College in Spartanburg, where she played intramural sports, served as president of the Christian Association, was awarded academic honors, and was a senior superlative. She gave the Founder's Day address in 1996, recollecting her grandfather, H. E. Ravenel, who was instrumental in the establishment of the college. During the summers of her college years, she worked in Montreat as a lifeguard and a leader of youth recreational groups of the Mountain Retreat Association. (cont'd top)

<p>January 18, 1924-October 4, 2012</p><p>MOUNT OLIVE, NC-- Margaret Adger Fulton Walker, 88, died at her home at 208 Crest Drive on Thursday, October 4, 2012. She was born January 18, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, where her parents C. Darby Fulton and Nannie Ravenel Fulton were visiting relatives while on furlough from mission service in Japan. Her grandparents were Henry Edmund and Agnes Adger Ravenel of Charleston and Spartanburg, SC, and Samuel Peter and Rachel Peck Fulton of South Carolina, Virginia, and Kobe, Japan.</p><p>A memorial service will be conducted by her minister, Steven Wicks, at Mount Olive Presbyterian Church on Thursday, October 11 at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the church fellowship hall after the service or at the home at other times. Interment will be at the Memorial Garden in Montreat, NC at a later date.</p><p>She is survived by her husband of fifty-nine years, John Neal Walker; her two daughters, Ann Fulton Walker of Winston-Salem, NC, and Lea Ravenel Walker of Raleigh, NC; her grandsons, Dalton Prioleau Marshall and Stuart Haizlip Marshall of Raleigh; her brother-in-law, William Bason Walker of Raleigh; her sister-in-law, Joan Ellis Fulton of Cincinnati, OH; a niece, three nephews, and many beloved cousins. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Neal Walker; and her two brothers, Charles Darby Fulton, Jr. and Samuel Ravenel Fulton.</p><p>After her parents' return to the States in 1926, Margaret grew up in Nashville, TN, attending West End High School and the Downtown Presbyterian Church. She graduated in 1945 from Converse College in Spartanburg, where she played intramural sports, served as president of the Christian Association, was awarded academic honors, and was a senior superlative. She gave the Founder's Day address in 1996, recollecting her grandfather, H. E. Ravenel, who was instrumental in the establishment of the college. During the summers of her college years, she worked in Montreat as a lifeguard and a leader of youth recreational groups of the Mountain Retreat Association. (cont'd top)</p>